amp or preamp most important

I find that 2 channel works fine for home theater for me, but I am not a real HT fanatic.

The absolute reality is, they become one unit as far as the sound is concerned. Imagine a pot of soup, the sound coming out of your speakers is the end result of this soup. The carrots potatos and peas all combine for one single taste. Both units are extremely important.

thanks for all the help guys if you have any experience with the ayre,simaudio,edge,krell or proceed let me know which models and the results !
Thanks Charles

One could argue that a pre-amp is superfluous, but I don't believe the same could be as easily said about amplification.

The speaker/amp combination is the heart and soul of any system.

Get the pairing that rocks you and everything else is downhill.